Former WBA lightweight champion Paulus “The Hitman†Moses (25-1, 17 KOs) will be back in action on Thursday in his hometown of Windhoek, Namibia, facing Argentine challenger Sergio Omar Priotti (22-7-1, 8 KOs). Moses traveled to Japan in 2008 and defeated then-champion Yusuke Kobori to win the WBA lightweight crown. In his last appearance on…
An Irish title fight comes to Connaught for the first time ever this Saturday when Mayo’s own John “The Warrior†Waldron defends his Irish title against Belfast’s Ciaran Healy on the undercard of the Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the Breaffy House Resort in Castlebar. Top of the bill on the RTÉ televised event is…
Unbeaten junior welterweight prospect Danny O’Connor will be fighting Nov. 20th on a card headlined by the fighter he has been compared to since he was an amateur boxer, Paul “The Pittsburgh Kid†Spadafora. The 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternate O’Connor (13-0, 3 KOs) was supposed to fight Nov. 19 in his hometown, Framingham (MA),…
America’s leading super middleweight prospect, undefeated Edwin “La Bomba†Rodriguez, departed today for the United Kingdom to serve 10 days as a sparring partner for Carl “The Cobra†Froch (26-1, 30 KOs), who is preparing for his WBC title fight showdown in Showtime’s Super Eight Tournament, November 27 in Finland against Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25…
It seems that the moment has gotten the best of Canadian Heavyweight champion Neven Pajkic. With the challenge of the UK/Ireland’s Heavyweight sensation Tyson Fury for a December 18th showdown in Quebec City on the undercard of Jean Pascal-Bernard Hopkins ringing in his ears, Pajkic has turned tail, stating he’d rather take some time off…
USBA Jr. Middleweight champion, Derek “Pooh†Ennis feels it’s his time as he has earned his way for a shot at newly crowned IBF champion Cornelius “K9†Bundrage. Ennis of Philadelphia has a record of 22-2-1 with thirteen knockouts is riding a ten fight winning streak which includes his USBA title winning effort over Eromosele…
The November 6 NABO junior welterweight championship and IBF #2 position elimination bout between former World Champion Zab Judah (39-6, 27 KO’s) and Lucas Matthysse (27-0, 25 KO’s) at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey is less than two weeks away. Matthysse’s countryman and former Welterweight World Champion Carlos “Tata” Baldomir, who defeated Judah by…
Unbeaten British Super-Featherweight champion Gary Sykes is the eighth and final fighter signed up for the first Prizefighter Super-Featherweight tournament on November 20 at York Hall, Bethnal Green. Sykes completes what organisers Matchroom Sport have called “the strongest line-up in Prizefighter historyâ€, joining The Mongolian Warrior Choi Tseveenpurev, Coronation Street actor and former England Commonwealth…
Coming off of his stirring February win over Gerry Penalosa, interim WBO Bantamweight Champion and former Flyweight World Champion Eric Morel will continue his career resurgence with Golden Boy Promotions, with whom he signed an exclusive promotional contract today.
On Saturday night, WBA super bantam supremo Wilfredo Vazquez Jr and Ivan Hernadez lit up Kissimmee, Florida’s Silver Spurs Arena with fistic fireworks for 11 action packed rounds. It was ex-WBO super fly beltholder Hernadez’s third try at a super bantam crown and the lanky Mexican came to fight as he immediately got to grips…
Former two time World Champion Byron Mitchell has promised to end the hype surrounding unbeaten Cork based Cuban Luis “El León” Garcia when they meet at The University Arena in Limerick on November 6th on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night: Big Bang Theory. The scheduled 10 round bout will be part of the undercard to…
IBF super middle ruler Lucian Bute retained his title in dominating fashion last night on home ground at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Challenging Bute was American veteran Jesse Brinkley, who had earned the mandatory IBF position by winning nine straight contests, including a title eliminator against Curtis Stevens in January. But Romanian born Montreal…